Gray Line Whiney Plantation Tour

A personal look into the lives of owners and slaves in Antebellum Louisiana.

In 2014, the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery. Through museum exhibits, memorial artwork, restored buildings and hundreds of first-person slave narratives, visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here. The early owners of Habitation Haydel, later known as The Whitney Plantation, became wealthy producing indigo before the plantation transitioned to sugar in the early 1800's.
Whitney is also significant because of the number of its historic outbuildings which were added to the site over the years, thus providing a unique perspective on the evolution of the Louisiana working plantation. The Big House is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture and one of the earliest raised Creole cottages in Louisiana. The Whitney Plantation Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. As a site of memory and consciousness, the Whitney Plantation Museum is meant to pay homage to all slaves on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the United States. Travel past Laura, Oak Alley, Evergreen, Felicity & St. Joseph Plantations, ghosts of the past that front the Mississippi River, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton and indigo from these fertile lands once travelled to ports of trade.

Amenities

Hours of Operation: Departs daily at 12:00PM

Duration: 5 hours

Departs From Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office (Toulouse St. @ the
Mississippi River in the French Quarter)

Handicap Accessible: Tour vehicles are equipped for wheelchair storage.
Please submit any special requests at least 48 hours in advance of your
reservations.

Note: Due to the home's historic nature, access to the second floor is by stairs only. Walking the grounds is an integral part of this experience. Includes guided tour of plantation home and narrated motor coach transportation.

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